Washboard.



J. STERN AD.

WASHBOARD.

APPLIOATIQN FILED AUG. 25. 1009.

957,011 Patented May 3, 1910.

UNITED sra'rns PATENT oFFIoE.

' JOHN STERNAD, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

WASHBOARD.

To all whom. "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN STERNAD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washboards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a front elevation of my improved washboard; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 2-2 indicated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 33 indicated in Fig. 2.

My invention relates to wash-boards and consists of the improvement in the construction of the frame, shown in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described, whereby it is made feasible to so construct such a wash-board frame entirely of sheet metal, that all parts thereof may be enameled in and out and so that the wash-board, after being use ,may be flushed, dried and kept clean and free of any dirt or infectious matter.

The frame of the wash-board is composed of the side-bars a, ties b, and the top-piece or support 0. The side-bars a are formed preferably of sheet metal plates folded in the form shown in Fig. 3 in cross-sectional view. The making of the side-bars a of sheet metal, folded in the manner explained, enables the side-bars to be enameled in and out, or to be coated with some other pro tecting material which permits flushing and draining of the utensil after use. The lower ends of the side-bars a are provided with caps e which are shaped conformably to the cross-sectional form of the side-bars, and snugly fitted thereon. Caps 6 may be either permanently affixed to the ends of the side-bars, or made removable; the inwardly bent edges a of the bars a serve as supports for the rubbing-plate d of the board. This manner of supporting the rubbing-plate d adds to its resiliency and enables me to make it of sheet metal, which after being corrugated is coated with such enamel and in such a manner as hollow kitchen ware is enameled, thus producing a more efficient and much more durable utensil. The toppiece or support 0 is also made of sheet metal the blank, after being out, being shaped as shown in Fig. 2. The coil 0 serves to receive the tie b holding the side-bars a together and at proper distance apart from each other. Thus the tie 6 serves also as a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 25, 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910. Serial No. 514,567.

pin, on which the top-piece or support 0 may be turned out, in the direction indicated by the arrow shown in Fig. 2, when the wash-board is flushed and drained. It is not absolutely necessary to make the toppiece or support 0 turnable on the tie Z) as explained, the wash-board may be flushed and drained in the opposite direction. In such case, however, the caps 0 should be regiovably attached to the ends of the sidears.

When the wash-board is being used, the deflected edge a of the top-piece c rests in the corrugations of the rubbing-plate d. This arrangement, in connection with the particular formation of the top-piece or support 0, imparts to it the capacity to yield and re-act somewhat under the pressure upon it. This renders the using of such a board considerably easier and relieves the person, using it, from the detrimental and tiring effect, resulting from the use of washboards heretofore known having rigid, unyielding frames of wood.

The assembling of my improved washboard is done as follows: The side-bars a after being formed are laid a proper distance apart, and the top-piece a set in place; then the tie b, joining the side-bars and the top-piece or support 0 together, is slid into the coil 0 and passed through the perforations provided in the side-bars a. Then the tie b is secured in its place preferably as shown in the drawings. The rubbing-plate d is next slid in into the grooves of side-bars a, formed by folding inwardly their edges, as shown in Fig. 3, and is pushed up until its upper curved edge d (see Fig. 2) slides over the coil 0 of the top-piece or support 0 so as to rest thereon and be held in its position. The lower edge 03 of the rubbing plate cl is curved to form a nearly complete tube, the tie b is drawn therethrough and secured to side-bars a and in this manner the ties Z) and b besides holding together-the side-bars and the top-piece of the frame, serve also for holding the rubbing-plate d in its place in the frame.

I claim as my invention:

1. A wash-board frame, com osed of open tubular side-bars, formed of a lank of sheet metal, folded and having its edges turned in, leaving an openin into the interior of the fold; ties joining the side-bars together; a top-piece, formed of a blank of sheet metal, having an open coil at one end, and the op posite end bent over to form a resilient support, the top-piece being joined to the side-bars by one of the ties, joining the latter together, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A wash-board frame, composed of side-- bars formed of a blank of sheet metal, folded and having its edges turned in, leaving an opening into the interior of the fold, ties, set With their ends between the inturned edges of the side-bars and secured to the side-bars; a top-piece, formed of a blank. of sheet metal, having an open coil at one end, and the opposite end bent over to form a resilient support; the top-piece being 15 joined to the side-bars by one of the ties joining the latter together, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN STERNAD. Witnesses:

ROBERT A. PIPER, M. A. HELMKE. 

